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The Plucky Squire Lands on PlayStation Plus on Day 1 in September

Subscribers don't have long to wait for this title. Plucky will be available on PlayStation Plus the same day the game comes out.

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PlayStation said Thursday that PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will be able to play the upcoming game The Plucky Squire starting the same day the game is released: Sept. 17. You can join PlayStation Plus Extra for $15 a month or Premium for $18 a month.

In this action-adventure game, you play as the titular plucky squire, Jot, after he gets thrown out of his own storybook by the wicked Humgrump — how rude! Jot has to fight his way through two- and three-dimensional environments to get back into his own story and restore the book's happy ending.

Gameplay for The Plucky Squire makes the game look like a combination of Zelda and Mario games. There are top-down, side-scrolling and 3D environments full of enemies, but with your wits and trusty sword, nothing can stand in your way.

All Possible Futures, The Plucky Squire's developer, announced the game in 2022. The developer was founded by James Turner, former Pokemon artist, and Jonathan Biddle, the creator of Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse.

PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. The service will also add games The Witcher 3 and Cult of the Lamb soon, along with other titles.

For more on PlayStation Plus, here's what to know about the service and here are the free monthly games you can play on the service now. 

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